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DAFYDD AP MAREDUDD GLAIS, murderer, civic official, scribe and translator Roubury and Gruffydd Prouth, for Thomas Kirkham, abbot of the monastery of Vale Royal in Cheshire, in respect of a fine. By 1440-41 he had murdered Gruffydd Prouth and Gruffydd's son Dafydd Fychan. His father, Maredudd, Thomas Glais and John Roubury were all accused of being associated with him. Dafydd was pardoned in return for a £40 fine, but the murder led to a feud with the Prouth family, as a
DAFYDD ap SIANCYN (SIENCYN) ap DAFYDD ap y CRACH (fl. mid 15th century), Lancastrian partisan and poet The history of the Gwydir family: from his eyrie on Carreg-y-gwalch (near Llanrwst) he kept the Yorkists out of the commote of Nanconwy till 1468, and raided the surrounding country. Ieuan ap Gruffydd Leiaf and Tudur Penllyn sang his praises. Though Tudur, in his cywydd to him, extols his poetic skill, only three englynion of Dafydd's are extant. One of these is addressed to Tudur Penllyn. The other
DAFYDD FYNGLWYD (fl. c. 1500-1550), poet Son of a poet and a native, presumably, of South Wales. Nothing is known of his life, but some of his poetry remains in manuscript. This includes englynion in praise of Gruffudd Dwnn's mansion in Ystrad Merthyr (Llanstephan MS 40 (60)), a cywydd written to Sir Harry ap Sir Thomas Johns of Abermarlais (Llanstephan MS 30 (444)), and another to Sir John Perrot (see the article on the family) of
DAFYDD LLWYD (bu farw 1619) HENBLAS,, poet and scholar of the landed family of Henblas (Llangristiolus, Anglesey), who, it is said, graduated from S. Edmund Hall, Oxford. He married Catherine, daughter of Richard Owen of Penmynydd, and about eight children were born to them, three of the sons becoming clergymen. Lewys Dwnn and J. E. Griffith state that he also married Jane, daughter of Llywelyn ap Dafydd of Llandyfrydog (she being his first wife
DAFYDD LLWYD ap DAFYDD ab EINION ap HYWEL (bu farw before 1469), prominent figure in Cydewain and a generous patron of the 15th century bards Llwyd ap Llewelyn ap Gruffudd suggests that there was much uncertainty about his fate after the battle. The Pryce family of Newtown derived their surname from this Rhys's christian name. His wife was Margaret, daughter of Ieuan ab Owen ap Meredith, of Neuadd-wen.
DAFYDD, MEURIG (fl. second half of the 16th century), professional bard, staunch Papist, and one of the most important literary characters in Glamorgan Born at Llanishen near Cardiff. He married Joan Mathau, granddaughter of Sir Cristor (Christopher) Mathau (Mathew), of Llandaff. He was for forty years the family bard of the Lewises of Van, Caerphilly (see the article on them), but periodically went out on tour, visiting the houses of the gentry in Glamorgan, Gwent, and south Brecknock. Like the other bards of his generation, he was a
DAGGAR, GEORGE (1879 - 1950), trade unionist and Member of Parliament Born 6 November 1879 in Cwmbran, Monmouthshire, son of Jesse Daggar, mine worker, and his wife Elizabeth. The family moved to Abertillery and he was educated at the British School there. He started work when he was 12 in the Arael Griffin pit, Six Bells, and threw himself into trade union work, being elected in his 20s vice-chairman of Number 5 Lodge, Arael Griffin. In 1911 he went to the Central
DAIMOND, ROBERT (BOB) BRIAN (1946 - 2020), civil engineer and historian Bob Daimond was born on 1 May 1946 in Tenterden, Kent, the youngest of three children of schoolteachers Charles Daimond (1910-1970) and Stella Ellerbeck (1908-1997). The family later moved to Wolverhampton when Charles became Youth and Community Services Officer for Wolverhampton Local Authority and where Stella eventually became the Deputy Head of St Peter's Girls School. Bob attended St
DANIEL, GWYNFRYN MORGAN (1904 - 1960), educationalist and language campaigner Gwyn Daniel was born on 1 August 1904 in the village of Bryn, Port Talbot, the first child of Thomas Daniel (1875-1952), a coalminer, and his wife Sarah (née Walters, 1879-1922). Their second child, Mary Margaret (May) was born in 1909. The family worshipped at Bryn Seion Calvinistic Methodist Chapel. Gwyn was a pupil at the local elementary school before attending the County School for Boys
DANIEL, WILLIAM RAYMOND (1928 - 1997), association football player Ray Daniel was born 2 November 1928 at Plasmarl, Swansea, the youngest of William and Cissie Daniel's (née Norman) three children. The family lived in a part of the director's house at the British Mannesmann Tube Co., Ltd, steelworks where the father was a storeman. The Liberty Stadium, home of Swansea City FC, is located on the site of the works. Ray Daniel began his career as an amateur with
DANIELS, ELEANOR (1886 - 1994), actress Eleanor Daniels was born on 28 December 1886 in Llanarthney, Carmarthenshire, the daughter of David Daniels, a hay merchant and publican, and his wife Margaret. She was brought up at the Fountain Inn, 36 (now 40) Thomas Street in Llanelli. The family were members of Capel Newydd Methodist chapel, and Welsh was her first language. She learnt to recite in chapel and achieved her first success in a
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